And Carleigh, 8, questioned all the hype she’d heard about Mike the Tiger:

“That’s not a real Tiger — that’s just a man in a tiger suit!”

Angel sighting

Lorraine Kraus, of Metairie, thanks a “guardian angel:”

“Two weeks ago, coming from Baton Rouge after lunch with my granddaughter, an LSU freshman, my car was rear-ended on the interstate near the Williams Boulevard exit.

“When I was hit, my trunk flew open and I did not see who hit me.

“I immediately pulled over to the side of the road.

“A nice gentlemen also pulled over, told me he was a volunteer fireman, and wanted to see if I was hurt.

“I told him I was just shaken up.

“He said he didn’t see the accident, but a car had just pulled off the side of the road about a half-mile away.

“When the police came, I told them what the gentleman had said.

“They investigated, and found the person who hit me. Had that nice man not stopped, I would never have known.”

Looking for stuff

Versie Jones says her dad sent home audio tapes from his days with the Army in Vietnam. She’d like for her grandchild to hear them, but needs a reel-to-reel tape player. If you can help, she’s at (225) 775-3721.